For me, the winner is the dude who drums on the ELD album of ENSLAVED...
Fucking love that album when it comes to the drums; they way he plays them and the weird sound

Good choice. Love the drumming on that album. I vaguely recall reading that the other guys in Enslaved had to tutor that drummer for ages in the sort of style they were after. Don't think they've ever really played any tracks off it live either..shame.

Necrodeath "Fragments of Insanity" by Peso is MANIAC...fantastic.
Sepultura "Schizophrenia" by the now MIA Igor Cavalera, also fantastic.
And Gene Hoglan in ¨Darkness Descends" that, that is HOLY._________________Unbound celestial assassins...

Capricornus on Graveland's Thousand Swords. Sloppy but played in a war-like manner. Very fitting for the album.

This. Also, some of the drum machine used later on by Darken sounds extremely soulful...

Pretty sure on Will Stronger Than Death/Spears of Heaven he plays the drums by himself. Some of the patterns and fills sound too crazy for a machine.

what about Fire of Awakening? the drum-production sounds like a machine, but the playing itself is so akward and faulty that I can't imagine a machine would be able to play that

Have to say that I remember nothing from that album. Despite I have them all in my shelf, the albums between Creed of Iron and Fire Chariots are my least listened Graveland albums._________________Heavy Metal Nuts

I completely agree. The detail and the fucking feeling on accents is outstanding. Yeah it's the same drummer as on release. I want to say that those guys play better live than the recording..

I will have to agree on that statement, most definitely.

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How could I forget IN SOLITUDE? Amazing, soulful performance indeed, especially the last album.

He really shines on the last album indeed, just pure brilliance.

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Mikkey Dee on "Abigail" as well when I think of it, the best performance in his career._________________www.UnbornProductions.com"If you don't listen to Mercyful Fate, you should be stoned to death."
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